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Presumably those willing to pay more have found a more valuable use of the resource. In theory at least. In practice I think you are correct in it being a probl
by CuriousSkeptic 5y ago
Presumably those willing to pay more have found a more valuable use of the resource. In theory at least. In practice I think you are correct in it being a problem.
I do think the solution to that lies elsewhere though. It’s a more general issue about wealth and power.
- Macha 5y agoSure, the famous person who shares my name might generate more economic activity from use of the domain name than I will. Why is that a reason why it would be preferable to reassign it to him? I don't think the domain name system exists to maximise economic activity, nor should it.
- CuriousSkeptic 5y agoI guess it depends on your ideological bend, but the argument would go like so - market economies optimise allocation of scare resources for maximum utility - domain names are a scarce resource - we want to maximise the utility of domain names Not saying I’m convinced all of that is true, bto answer the why.